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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stacy G Fishkin, Oakland, NJ (US);
Robert M Honeycutt, Morristown, NJ (US);
Amal C Mitra, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385135 ; 385 53 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an optical fiber distribution apparatus where the fibers are organized in a horizontal position above or below vertically mounted circuit packs and recessed from the circuit pack faceplates. A fiber termination on a top or bottom edge of each circuit pack mates with connectors to the fibers in the horizontal position.